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LITTLE GREBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does little grebe mean? 

LITTLE GREBE (noun)
  The noun LITTLE GREBE has 1 sense:

1. small European grebeplay

  Familiarity information: LITTLE GREBE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LITTLE GREBE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small European grebe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

dabchick; little grebe; Podiceps ruficollis

Hypernyms ("little grebe" is a kind of...):

grebe (small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet)


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